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(ModeL) H. F. W. SEELE.

REFLECTOR FOR LAMPS.

No. 278,610. Patented MaJy29,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY F. w. sEELE, or ROLLA, MISSOURI.

, REFLECTOR FOR LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 78,610, dated May 29,1883.

' Application filed March 19, 1383. (ModeL) To all whom it may concernBe it known that I, HENRY F. W. SEELE, of Rolla, in the county ofPhelpsand State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Reflectors for'Lamps, of which n the following is afull, clear, andexact description.

The object of my invention is toproduce a cheap and efficient reflectorfor lamps of various kinds using chimneys, includingordinary coal-oiland other like lamps; and it consists in a readily attachable anddetachable reflector provided with means capable of being flexed intodifferent posititions for supporting the reflector on or by thelamp-chimney, and of adjusting it into different positions to answerdifferent purposes or uses, substantially as hereinafter described.Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a lamp with chimney, and havingmy improved reflector, which is shown in section, applied. Fig. 2 is atop view of the reflector detached.

A in the drawings indicates the body, B the burner, and ,O the chimney,of an ordinary coal-oil or other lamp.

D is theqtin orother reflector, which maybe of the usual circular form,and of concave shape on its face. Secured to the top or upper edgeportion of said reflector are wire claws or hooks G G, arrangedto-project in frontof the reflector, and bent downward at their forwardends toprovide for their hooking onto and over the top edge of thechimney on its one side for the purpose of supporting the reflector atits top andof holding it'set out a proper distance from the chimney atsuch part.

H H are wire stays or braces attached to the lower edge portion of thereflector, and arranged to project in a diverging manner in front of it,and with their front ends beutor rounded to cause said braces to easilyhug or receive partly within them the lower portion of the chimney O,and to keep thereflector set out its proper distance at its bottom fromthe chimney. V

The claws G G and the braces H H should in position on the lamp. Figs. 1and 2 of the drawings show said hooks G and braces H as adjusted andbent to support and hold the reflector D in a suitable position on andrelatively to the chimney and burner of the lamp to perform its ordinaryandproper function as a reflector by givingit the requisite angle itshould bear to the flame. By slight-1y straighteniug out, however, thehooks or claws G and bending the stays or braces H somewhat fnrtherapart than shown in Fig. 2, the reflector D will then, when sustained bythe chimney, as described, he made to occupy a lower position relativelyto the flame, and it will then be converted into a simple shield for usein a sick-room or elsewhere; or, again, by straightening the stays H thereflector may be adjust ed into a position which will adapt it to act asan ordinary lamp-shade. In both of these last positions (and it may hemade to assume others besides) it will cast no shadow or have anydarkening effect on the portion of the room designed to receive thelight. The reflector D itself may be made of any material that willpresent a brighter polished face, and that will admit of the attachmentof the claws G and braces or stays H.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a lamp-chimney and reflector, of the frontprojecting hooks, G G, bent at the forward ends, and the frontprojecting diverging braces, H H, bent at their front ends, said hooksand braces being made of material adapted to be flexed, as described,whereby the local relation of the reflector to the chimney may bevaried, as described. I

HENRY F w.-snELE. Witnesses:

, SAML. B. ROWE,

J. G. BEADISH.

